Bill, The very fact I'm still posting to this forum demonstrates I have a heart, have compassion. I take it as part of my Boddhisattva duties.... :-)
Edgar On Feb 21, 2013, at 2:04 AM, Bill! wrote: > Joe, > > Yes, I saw that. And also I too thought that although it was clumsily-worded > his heart was in the right place. Or at least the form that we call his heart > was in the right place. Or at least was I say it was in right place because I > suspect any notion of Edgar actually having a heart is definitely illusory > which puts it right smack dab in the middle of the world-of-forms. > > ...Bill! > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > > > Hi, Bill!, > > > > Somewhere in the thread of posts of late regarding Buddha Nature, Edgar > > mentioned that a hard part in our practice is bringing our awakening to the > > realm of forms, and that meditation leading to awakening may have been the > > "easy" part of the old two-step. > > > > I didn't really think this was quite an apt way to put it, but I certainly > > understood from experience that ending a long period of intensive practice > > and returning to home life can open us to a challenge. > > > > And I recall how, after sesshins end, for example, a lot of happiness, and > > laughing and tears, and, as people are leaving, people would sometimes say, > > "Well, the REAL sesshin begins TOMORROW!" > > > > Everybody understands this. > > > > As Mike was giving his advice to Edgar at the apparent end of that thread, > > I chimed in to support the part of Edgar's contributions that was indeed > > for me the most poignant and practical and important, as I see it as a > > practitioner. > > > > I did not expect to carry on at a little length about things not too > > unrelated. > > > > Like you, I suppose I write extemporaneously too, Bill! > > > > "Twirling"? Is someone a Drum Majorette? > > > > --Joe > > > > > "Bill!" wrote: > > > > > > Joe, > > > > > > Maybe I missed something, but is your comment below addressed to Mike > > > about Edgar's comment - and if so which one? Or should your comment below > > > have been addressed to Edgar about Mike's comment - which you included > > > below? > > > > > > Twirling in Thailand...Bill! > > > > > > --- In Zen_Forum@yahoogroups.com, "Joe" wrote: > > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > > > I say Edgar is right, though, that coming back is a hard part. > > > > > > > > Especially coming back from a long practice somewhere, and making your > > > > own (interruptable) schedule, again. It takes balance (retaining it, > > > > and, yes, reGaining it), and grace. Grace toward others and toward > > > > oneself. > > [snip] > > > >
